This begs the question, what are "quitters" living off of? Most
mentioned their savings account (72%).

When you're young, you don't have many financial obligations;
this could be why more Gen Yers are able to quit when they're
unhappy. Most people surveyed were between the ages of 25 and 49
(82%).

If you're one of the many people who are unwillingly unemployed,
this article is probably making you seethe. So many people
are losing or unable to find jobs; how can people who are
employed think they're anything but lucky? Is it a lack of
maturity in younger professionals, or is the pursuit of happiness
a new, permanent, trend?

Tom Sicola, a pastor at Our Lady Of The Mount in Warren, New
Jersey started a program, Neighbor To Neighbor, that has helped
hundreds of unemployed people find jobs. Having seen how
bad the economy is first hand, Sicola can't believe people would
rather quit than suck it up at a sub-par job.

"In all honesty, I have not heard of that happening and it floors
me" he says. "I think that's nuts myself. It's easier to find a
job if you already have a job."

"I think most people at this point are very happy to be employed,
although there are plenty of people who are playing the system,"
he says.

Sicola says of his program, "I thought I would do this for a year
and then it would go away -- but it hasn't done anything like go
away. It's only grown. There was a time when people were
embarrassed to be out of work, but it's not a stigma anymore
because there are so many people in the same position."

While the unemployment number is growing, there is also a growing
number of people who don't see their joblessness as a bad thing.
They are the people who made a conscious decision to quit and are
unemployed because they want to be.

People spend years of their lives at work to improve their
well-being. How that well-being is defined seems to be shifting.
After all, money doesn't buy happiness.